By cracking your fingers you start to develop Arthritis

Question

Cracking your knuckles does not give you arthritis. The popping sound is connected to the formation and bursting of gas bubbles in your joint fluid. No studies have demonstrated an increased risk of arthritis, but frequent knuckle cracking may slightly reduce grip strength or irritate surrounding tissues​

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This fact-check effectively confirms that cracking your fingers does not cause arthritis, a claim supported by a credible medical source. The article also highlights potential risks like reduced grip strength and tissue irritation. While the provided source is strong and includes a detailed medical explanation, incorporating additional sources and direct quotes could further strengthen the argument. More perspectives would add depth and reinforce the credibility of the claim. Overall, this is a well-supported fact-check!

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This is something that at first glance I thought could be true. After reviewing the article, it is clear that this claim is not true. There are some downsides to cracking your knuckles, but not large enough like causing arthritis. Other sources would probably provide similar, if not the same information.

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This is a very clear and straight foward answer that includes all components of a well rounded fact check. Great work!!

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This fact check is effective in supplying an answer to whether or not the claim is true. However, the factchecker only looks into the resource mentioned within the initial claim and does not do any outresearch to support their fact-check. If they were to find another source or two to support their fact checking it would be much more effective.

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This fact-check does a great job of debunking the myth that cracking your fingers causes arthritis, backing it up with a credible medical source. It also points out other potential risks, like reduced grip strength and tissue irritation. While the source is solid and provides a thorough medical explanation, adding more references and direct quotes could make the argument even stronger. Bringing in multiple perspectives would add depth and further validate the claim. Overall, this is a well researched and well supported fact-check.

Answer 1

This article addresses common misconceptions related to cracking knuckles and affirms that it does not cause arthritis. Although cracking knuckles may have negative effects, such as reduced grip strength, it is clearly claimed that their is no link to arthritis. This claim in this article is also supported by a Harvard Health Study. While arthritis is not a result, it is still advisable to let go of the knuckle cracking habit.

https://www.health.harvard.edu/pain/does-knuckle-cracking-cause-arthritis

Answer 2

This article claims that cracking your knuckles does not cause you to develop arthrits. The author of this statement provides a source, written and published through a well known medical research center, Johns Hopkins Arthritis Center, and it explains clearly that there is no known direct link to arthritis and cracking knuckles. Other medical research schools like Northwestern Medicine also explain there is no studies correlation between the two. Johns Hopkins supports this claim by stating that arthritis is caused by, "wear and tear" such as obsessive mechanical use. To support it even more they also answer if it could worsen arthritis in which they say it cannot directly, but could have indirect effects such as the injuries to the joints being more easily induced. The writer includes the physiology in the body to truly debunk the claim that cracking your knuckles develops arthritis.

https://www.nm.org/healthbeat/healthy-tips/can-you-get-arthritis-from-cracking-your-knuckles#:~:text=There%20is%20no%20connection%20between%20cracking%20your%20knuckles%20and%20arthritis.

https://www.hopkinsarthritis.org/arthritis-news/knuckle-cracking-q-a-from/

Answer 3

Where did you find the source for this? According to Eric M. Ruderman from Northwestern Medicine, he says that there is no connection between cracking your knuckles and arthritis.

Answer 4

Cracking your knuckles will not cause arthritis. The popping sound comes from gas bubbles popping in the so called synovial fluid of the joints. Studies haven't shown a link between knuckle cracking and the development of arthritis. But cracking knuckles can effect grip strength or possibly swelling in the joints, but if this happens its recommended to talk to a doctor.

Answer 5

A Johns Hopkins article claims that arthritis is not caused by knuckle cracking. It states that repeated knuckle cracking does not cause arthritis, but it may somewhat reduce grip strength. A Harvard Medical School research supports this conclusion by concluding that "it probably won't raise your risk of arthritis." After looking over the data, I believe the article to be trustworthy, stating that arthritis is not likely to develop from knuckle cracking.

https://www.health.harvard.edu/pain/does-knuckle-cracking-cause-arthritis

Answer 6

The claim provided by John Hopkins Arthritis Center is proven that cracking your knuckles cannot lead to arthritis but other side effects. As a child I was known to being a "knuckle cracker" as stated in the article, and people would tell me that doing this so called knuckle cracking would give me arthritis and hurt my joints in the long run. Reading this article, your joints are covered in a fluid almost acting as a "lubricant". Many gases are dissolved in these fluids, "when one cracks a knuckle, the stretching of the capsule lowers the pressure inside the joint and creates a vacuum which is filled by the gas previously dissolved in the synovial fluid". This creates that popping sounds that seems to frighten a lot of people. This has been proven to be not extreme to the joints and causes no damage to future arthritis. After researching on Harvard Medical School, the author states that "knuckle cracking doesn't cause arthritis ... [but] may lead to reduced grip strength". Though this bad habit won't cause arthritis in the future, it is an annoying habit that should be stopped due to possible injuries that could occur. They also describe the "cracks" in the joints as  "bubbles bursting in the synovial fluid — the fluid that helps lubricate joints". This claim has been proven to be true after fact checking and is suggested by multiple sources to not crack your knuckles as it might cause injuries in the future. 

https://www.health.harvard.edu/pain/does-knuckle-cracking-cause-arthritis

Answer 7

After looking deeper into this article, the claim that cracking your knuckles does not lead to arthritis is true. In the article provided, sourced from the Johns Hopkins Arthritis Center, it states that, "There is no evidence that cracking knuckles causes any damage such as arthritis in the joints". While this article does claim that there are reports of an association between knuckle cracking and ligament damage, the idea that cracking your knuckles leads to arthritis is false. Furthermore, after conducting my own research, I found another article covering this topic from Northwestern Medicine. In this article, Dr. Eric M. Ruderman states that, "The truth is there is no connection between cracking your knuckles and arthritis. This additionally adds to the claim that cracking your knuckles does not cause arthritis. Dr. Ruderman also states that there are no long term health problems associated with cracking your knuckles. So overall, I would conclude that cracking your knuckles has a limited effect on your overall physical health. 

https://www.nm.org/healthbeat/healthy-tips/can-you-get-arthritis-from-cracking-your-knuckles

Answer 8

the claim that cracking your knuckles gives you arthiritis is not true. in the article "john hopkin arthiritis center" it states that there is no evidence that it does cause arthiritis but can redue your grip strength. in another article from UAMS health it also states that popping your knuckles wont cause arthirits but can cause a temporary soreness of the joints. after fact checking and findng other sources i would say this is factual that popping your knuckles will NOT cause arthiritis.

Answer 9

This has always been a highly debated topic and many always make the claim that cracking knuckles "causes" arthritis, however, this is a common misconception that people tend to blindly believe to be true. The article used in support of this claim is factual and had support of Rheumatologist, Dimitrios A. Pappas, whose expertise is in arthritis. The information given from the article is supported by many other studies including highly trusted studies done by Harvard University and is even discussed on the National Institutes of Health, a federal government sponsored website with trusted authors and researchers. All the information from these websites go hand and hand with each other and are cohesive with the information they are giving out, further proving this claim to be true. 

https://www.health.harvard.edu/pain/does-knuckle-cracking-cause-arthritis

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1004074/

Answer 10

Does cracking knuckles cause arthritis? - Harvard Health

According to Harvard Health and various other sources, there have been no conclusive studies on the claim that cracking knuckles leads to arthritis. The sound itself is caused by the popping of nitrogen bubbles in the synovial fluid of knuckles which naturally builds up and regenerates itself but causes no harm. The baseless claim that knuckle cracking leads to arthiritis was likely just created by people who find the sound annoying.